Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Carson City ❯ Vol. 2, Chap. 7: Crash/Burn ( Chapter 6 )

Crash/Burn

Are priests really that holy? Jim Daily didn't believe so. Why? For him, it was a woman. Not just any woman, mind you. His ex-wife ruined him. That's right. Jim once had a wife. Her name was Goldie. Their story is one straight out of Vegas.

Jim had just moved to Carson City to start over. He got himself mixed up in a scandal in Orleans and needed to get away. (We'll discuss that one later.) Jim was innocent of Carson City's sin. So it was easy for him to make a rookie mistake. The number one rule of Carson City was that you could sleep with a Carson girl, but you could never marry one. Unfortunately, Jim never got that rule. If he did, that would have saved him a world of trouble! Then again, one look at Goldie in the 80's and you would have forgotten the rules too!

Jim's misfortune began one summer night in 1985. He had just moved to Carson City and decided to look around this city of sin. The priest wandered into a casino. He didn't want to gamble, mind you. The man just wanted to get out of the heat. (The casinos ran air conditioning twenty-four-seven to bait in customers for money during the summer.) Jim looked all around him as he toured the building. Sin and greed invaded this place. He flinched as he remembered why he came to Carson City in the first place. “From one filth to another!” Jim thought in discomfort. That's when he saw her.

Goldie Hudson. She was top Carson girl in her day. Very fine too! Long blonde hair to her waist. Goldie was very trim as well. She had the figure of Marilyn Monroe. To Jim, she looked like an angel all dressed in gold. That old habit named desire came back into him. Desire and women were what got him in trouble in the first place. One would have assumed that the priest had learned from his mistakes. But no! Goldie lured him in with her charms. Jim just couldn't resist. He walked over to a server in the casino.

“Who is that?” the priest asked him. The server gave him a little smirk.

“That's our favorite Carson girl, Goldie Hudson!” he bragged. Jim looked at him confused.

“Carson girl?” he asked. The server gave him a little smile.

“You're new here, huh?” he asked. Jim nodded. The server leaned in right close.

“Carson girls are the pearls of this city,” he explained. “They are the gems of entertainment. Many a guy dreams about them. They are where the money is at. They will do anything for you non-sexual! Many women envy them. Easy to see why.” Jim nodded impressed.

“I want to meet her!” he said quickly. The server became serious.

“You don't want to do that!” he said. Jim stared at him confused.

“What do you mean?” the priest asked.

“You can admire and sleep with a Carson girl,” the server went on. “But you can't marry one. Bad things always follow.” Jim listened on.

“What kind of bad things?” he asked.

“Just bad things!” his friend said. “Just don't get too close to her, okay?” Jim nodded faintly. Sadly, the words didn't ink. Jim waited until the server head gone away. He crept over to Goldie singing on stage. Her voice lured him in like a siren to a sailor. “Cupid” was the song of choice tonight. Goldie sounded so sultry. Jim made it to the stage after the song. Goldie looked down and saw him.

“Oh hello there…” she said.

“Hey,” Jim said. “I'm Jim Daily!” The Carson girl smiled.

“I'm Goldie,” she said. “Goldie Hudson.” They looked at each other for a moment. Jim grinned at her.

“Can I buy you a drink?” he asked. The Carson girl giggled at him.

“Serious?” she asked.

“Yeah,” Jim said with a nod. His infatuation giggled. She pretended to think about that for a moment. The priest waited eagerly. Goldie finally grinned at last.

“Sure,” she said. “Go ahead.” Jim grinned in victory. From there, a relationship formed. In three weeks, they were married in a Vegas-style chapel. Happy ending, right? WRONG! After a month of marriage, Goldie showed her true colors. She began cheating on Jim with other guys and lying about it. Yet, the priest stayed with her. Why? All because of blind stupid love! That's right! Jim Daily loved his wild cheating wife for five years. His friends told him to end it, but it didn't work. The priest stayed with his wife no matter what. Foolish, but that's what love does to someone.

In 1990, Jim finally wised up. It occurred when Goldie ran off and left him without warning. What made it worse was that she left him with her debts up to his eyeballs. After that, he opened his and realized the truth. He filed for divorce and threw out Goldie's things. The divorce was a messy one; she ended up with most of the money while he ended up with her debts still. Jim's been in Hell with the one ever since.

Today, the priest wondered that same casino where he met Goldie all of these years. The song, “Cupid,” played in the background. Jim gritted his teeth when he heard it. He used to love that song because of Goldie. Now, he hated it. He hated this casino too…

“Well, hello priest!” a sultry voice greeted him up ahead. Jim quickly looked up. And who to his wandering eyes should appear than Goldie herself? She looked the same as she did in '91—only older and more slutty. Jim rolled his eyes after he saw her.

“Hi Goldie…” he mumbled. His ex smirked at him. Once again, the bitter flame of regret started up again. Ah, gotta love nasty divorces!

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